Atacan ATAKAN Education University of Arizona, Tucson 08.2014- PhD in the Middle Eastern and North African Studies Boğaziçi University, Istanbul 09.2012-07.2014 Master s Degree Program in Ataturk Instıtute for Modern Turkish History GPA: 3.92/4.00 Thesis Topic: A Teacher, Agitator, and Guide: Talebe Defteri and Formation of an Ideal Child Bilkent University, Ankara 08.2006-06.2011 Global and International Affairs, SUNY Dual Diploma Program GPA: 3.80/4.00 (Graduated as a captain of the department) State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton 09.2007 05.2011 Global and International Affairs, SUNY Dual Diploma Program GPA: 3.51/4.00 History Minor 09.2007-05.2011 Kurtulus Anatolian High School 08.2002-06.2006 Graduation Degree: 4.96/5.00 Work Experiences and Internships SSHA Childhood and Youth Studies Network November 2015- o Chair of the network MENA Graduate Conference Board Spetember 2015- o Zaytoon Journal MENA Graduate Conference Board September 2014- May 2015 o Zaytoon Journal
GETEM (Laboratory of Technology and Education for Visually Impaired People)- Istanbul January 2013- June 2013 o Tutor AGOS- Şapgir- Istanbul (Newspaper) September 2012- September 2013 o Columnist (Voluntarily) A Forgotten Portrait: Suat Dervis 03.23.2013 The Story of Generations 06.15.2013 Education Modernization in the Ottoman Empire 10.05.2013 A Forgotten Pioneer: Nezihe Muhiddin 11.09.2013 Efil Publication- Ankara August 2011- December 2011 o Interpreter (Translation of The Road to Academic Excellence) Genc Aydinlanma (Student Association in Bilkent University) o Permanent Member February 2008-Present o Administrative Council September 2009- June 2010 Arrange conference and seminars and invent names for Bilkent Students in political, historical and philosophical issues. Radikal (Turkish Newspaper) o Internship July 2009 Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey o Internship August 2009 Foreign Policy Studies- European Union o Work September 2009- June2010 Foreign Policy Studies- European Union Awards and Grants SSHA/Tilly Graduate Student Travel Award 2015 CMES, University of Arizona, Travel Grant 2015 GPSC, University of Arizona, Travel Grant 2014
Bilkent University Graduation Ceremony, Captain of the Department Award 2011 State University of New York at Binghamton Dean s List Degree 2010/2011 State University of New York at Binghamton Dean s List Degree 2010/2011 Bilkent University High Honor Degree 2009/2010 Bilkent University High Honor Degree 2009/2010 State University of New York at Binghamton Dean s List Degree 2008/2009 State University of New York at Binghamton Dean s List Degree 2008/2009 Bilkent University High Honor Degree 2007/2008 Bilkent University High Honor Degree 2007/2008 Projects and Presentations Debate on Womanhood in Westernist, Islamist and Nationalist Magazines in the Ottoman Empire 06.2013 Historiography of Western Childhood History 06.2013 Games of Children in the Nationalist Children s Magazines 06.2013
Conditions of Women in Labor Unions in Turkey from Equality and Difference Perspective 05.2013 Children Rearing and Motherhood in Ottoman Women s Magazines 12.2012 Suat Derviş and Comparison of Her Selected Novels 12.2012 Women and Children in Armenian Events (1915) 05.2011 Orientalist Paintings: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco 03.2011 Architecture of Ummayads and Abbasids-Presentation 10.2010 Constitution Experts Seminar Series- TEPAV 04.2010-06.2010 Constitution Reform Platform- TEPAV 04.2010-06.2010 Social Interaction and Information Project (within Genc Aydinlanma Student Association) 04.2010 Simulation: The United Nations General Assembly as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Arab Republic of Egypt 12.2009 Women Poverty in Turkey-TEPAV (Research) 10.2009 Liberation Ideologies- Presentation (Genc Aydinlanma Student Association) 10.2009 Social Interaction and Information Project (within Genç Aydınlanma Association) 04.2008 French Revolution- Presentation (Genc Aydinlanma Student Association) 04.2008 Sufism-Presentation 11.2007 Conferences and Workshops Attended A Teacher, Agitator and Guide: Talebe Defteri and Formation of an Ideal Child, 1913-1919, Pluralism and Community, 40 th Annual Meeting of Social Science History Association, Baltimore 12-15 November, 2015
Creating an Enemy: Children s Magazines and Different Faces of Enmity, 1913-1918, ATINER 2 nd International Conference on Turkey and Turkish Studies, Athens. 29-30 June, 1-2 July, 2015 Being a Part of the Big Circle: Public Sphere and the Children in the Ottoman Empire: 1908-1918, Spatial and Temporal Imaginaries: Transcending Power, Identity and Body, 15 th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in MENAS, Tucson. 26-28 March, 2015 National Mobilization and the Children s Journals in the Ottoman Empire, 1913-1919, Inequalities: Policy, Politics and the Past, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Toronto. 6-9 November, 2014 Games, Scouting, and Literature in the Children s Journals in the Ottoman Empire, 1913-1919, Little Pitchers Have Big Ears: Social and Cultural History of Children and Youth during WW1 in the Ottoman Land, Kemerburgaz University, Istanbul. 27-28 May, 2014 Kadınlar Dünyası: Savaşı Bir Kadın Dergisinden Okumak (Women s World: Reading the War Through a Women s Magazıine), Gendered Memories of War and Political Violence, Young Researchers Conference, Sabanci University, Istanbul. 25-27 April, 2014 Teaching Experience Religion of Islam, University of Arizona Fall 2015 o Teaching Assistant Religion of Islam, University of Arizona Summer 2015 (Session I) o Instructor Religion of Islam, University of Arizona Spring 2015 o Teaching Assistant Religion of Islam, University of Arizona Fall 2014 o Teaching Assistant Private Tutoring for English and Math February 2012- July 2012
Skills Languages: English (Advanced level) French (Beginner level) Arabic (Intermediate Level) Ottoman Turkish (Upper Level) Computer Skills: Operating Systems: Windows 98/2007/XP/Vista Software Applications: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Acrobat and Internet Browsers Certificate: Certificate for Internship in Radikal Certificate for internship in Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey Certificate for membership to Genc Aydinlanma Student Association Certificate for membership to Genc Aydinlanma Student Association Certification for photograph competition (Waqf and Civilization) by the General Directorate of Foundations of Turkey Certificate for Participation in a seminar organized by Association for Liberal Thinking Activities and Interests Photography Playing Violin Traveling Movies Mythology Detective Novels The Ancient Egyptian Civilization The Ottoman Empire Women s Movement and Gender Sexuality and Body Politics History of Children and Childhood History of the Middle East